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after a meet and greet with the romney. tea party dim demint the best thing they can do is throw their support behind republican nominee which is beginning to look like romney. >> there is a lot of fatigue among our party. they're really kind of tired of this. ey feel the vet something happening and they want to batten down the hatches and make a decision. i'm joining by politico joe williams. >> hi, good to be here. >> claims to reset the campaign. it's not even a winner take all. how can it reset the campaign. >> it can't really. the only thing that it will reset is the hope that rick santorum can continue on. i mean, look, everybody expects santorum will take louisiana and take it handily giving us another narrative to have us talk more about the fact that romney can't win in the south. other than that it doesn't really change the delegate math or that mitt romney probably has what in infect is an insurmountable lead. and it doesn't change the fact that rick santorum is exciteing nobody else in the party besides people w
after a meet and greet with the romney. tea party dim demint the best thing they can do is throw their support behind republican nominee which is beginning to look like romney. >> there is a lot of fatigue among our party. they're really kind of tired of this. ey feel the vet something happening and they want to batten down the hatches and make a decision. i'm joining by politico joe williams. >> hi, good to be here. >> claims to reset the campaign. it's not even a winner take...
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so polls have romney trailing in louisiana. what should his expectations be and how does he survive a loss? how does he spin it? >> well, i think he's probably going to lose, but i think in the long run two things will probably come out of louisiana. one, i don't expect that santorum will take over anybody's base. i don't think it means anything in the long run. >> the republicans are lining up, you name it. >> so far, so good. i think what i'd say now is that people have said that the long primary does not serve governor romney well. i think it does, because i think when it comes to november and we start to have independents look at this race i think they're going to say the guy who came out of this race was not too conservative. >> bring out the etch-a-sketch! come on. >> shake it around. >> i think we actually have a sound byte on that? let's listen to that. i think we have a sound byte. >> the average health of a family policy is up $1,300 and a key part of obama's health care takeover will cost $100 billion more. higher co
so polls have romney trailing in louisiana. what should his expectations be and how does he survive a loss? how does he spin it? >> well, i think he's probably going to lose, but i think in the long run two things will probably come out of louisiana. one, i don't expect that santorum will take over anybody's base. i don't think it means anything in the long run. >> the republicans are lining up, you name it. >> so far, so good. i think what i'd say now is that people have said...
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mitt romney, i think really exemplifies that. his own appeal is that he can run and manage the economy better and he's quite cozy with american corporations. yeah i think the clout of corporate america certainly has not dwindled, if anything it's gotten greater. >> the business of american politicians is business. and mitt romney has finally become like this cy yborg characterization of it. a lot of people think there could not have been that much smoking, drinking, affairs. you were a secretary. you started out that way at "newsweek" so how was it. it's reali? >> absolutely realistic. everybody smoked. there were ashtrays all over the office. in those days we thought smoking was good for you. there were ads from doctors in white coats who said smoke. it was '64 the surgeon general's report. and it was a bombshell. smoking was an every day affair. and drinking, the martini lunch was not just a saying. and i quote a "newsweek" writer who was there during that period. he said he remembered the martini's being served in glasses the
mitt romney, i think really exemplifies that. his own appeal is that he can run and manage the economy better and he's quite cozy with american corporations. yeah i think the clout of corporate america certainly has not dwindled, if anything it's gotten greater. >> the business of american politicians is business. and mitt romney has finally become like this cy yborg characterization of it. a lot of people think there could not have been that much smoking, drinking, affairs. you were a...
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it is not a disservice to romney. this is what romney wants, too. relying heavily on cutting discretionary spending, falling hard on the poor. increasing military defense spending. >> with all due respect, that is completely wrong. when you say there are no revenue and handsr -- revenue enhancers, the liberals think that if you cut rates you cut taxes. it is completely revenue neutral. the marginal rates are cut. the revenue enhancers are the elimination of deductions, local -- loopholes, and corruption in the budget. you end up as you did in 1986, with the irs not losing a penny but rational lower marginal rates. >> and on the question of what those loopholes should be to be closed, he leaves it up to somebody else. >> the house ways and means committee, whose jurisdiction is a good idea is not his jurisdictio -- whose jurisdiction it is. it is not his jurisdiction. >> we extend the bush tax cuts in perpetuity under paul ryan. the reality is that there are no spell out elimination's of tax expenditures. are you going to do it home mortgage, charita
it is not a disservice to romney. this is what romney wants, too. relying heavily on cutting discretionary spending, falling hard on the poor. increasing military defense spending. >> with all due respect, that is completely wrong. when you say there are no revenue and handsr -- revenue enhancers, the liberals think that if you cut rates you cut taxes. it is completely revenue neutral. the marginal rates are cut. the revenue enhancers are the elimination of deductions, local -- loopholes,...
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this is not a disservice to mitt romney. this is what romney wants to do, too. relying heavily on discretionary spending, falling disproportionately on the poor. increasing military spending, the same old thing -- >> with all due respect, that is completely wrong. when you say there are no revenue enhancers, liberals think that if you cut rates, you cut taxes. in fact, it is revenue neutral. the marginal rates are cut. the revenue enhancers is the elimination of deductions, the loopholes, and the corruption in the budget. you end up as you did in 1986, with the irs not losing a penny but rational lower marginal rates. >> but on the question of what loopholes should be to be closed, he leaves that to somebody else. >> the house ways and means committee whose jurisdiction it is, not his. >> it is, in fact, $10 trillion in tax cuts for the next 10 years. we extended bush tax cuts in perpetuity under paul ryan. there are no spelled-out elimination of tax expenditures. that would be courageous. are you going to do a home mortgage, charitable deductions? that is where
this is not a disservice to mitt romney. this is what romney wants to do, too. relying heavily on discretionary spending, falling disproportionately on the poor. increasing military spending, the same old thing -- >> with all due respect, that is completely wrong. when you say there are no revenue enhancers, liberals think that if you cut rates, you cut taxes. in fact, it is revenue neutral. the marginal rates are cut. the revenue enhancers is the elimination of deductions, the loopholes,...
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illinois set up perfectly for mitt romney. it's a state that's much more partial to moderate republicans than to deeply conservative republicans. he runs the risk of losing a state tomorrow, saturday, in louisiana. he widened his delegate lead and yet nothing happened in illinois that suggests that he's going to go get the magic number of 44. gwen: sam you have been nonstop on the road and as you watched this develop what plan do you see forming in the minds of the frontrunner especially to keep people who are nipping at his heel? >> it's interesting. my first thought when i heard the etch a sketch remark i felt this was the for gab of the election campaign. everything steemed be devolving from the field. the etch a sketch moment, i'm not sure it is good for gingrich and santorum campaign to be waving. it's clearly a strategy position that they've taken, that they're planning on making after the nomination is settled and going after barack obama. this to me was what flip flop was in 2004. flip flop wasn't the punchline. in 200
illinois set up perfectly for mitt romney. it's a state that's much more partial to moderate republicans than to deeply conservative republicans. he runs the risk of losing a state tomorrow, saturday, in louisiana. he widened his delegate lead and yet nothing happened in illinois that suggests that he's going to go get the magic number of 44. gwen: sam you have been nonstop on the road and as you watched this develop what plan do you see forming in the minds of the frontrunner especially to...
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romney did win virginia and florida. southern states, although florida is much different than the deep south, alabama and mississippi wins that santorum enjoyed. win in louisiana sort of completes an illustration of santorum's strength in the deep south, something romney can't claim. and it's obviously part of the geographical core of the republican party. so as romney puts together this argument of netability for him being the nominee, the fact he would be weak in a part of the country that is considered the quint essential stronghold of republican conservatives makes him somewhat of a weak front runner. that's the argument newt gingrich has been making, but there was a remarkable statement from the former speaker of the house on the campaign trail here in louisiana yesterday. he said that he will not be able to reach the 1144 delegates necessary for the nomination and he went on to say, neither will rick santorum or ron paul. gingrich's view, either romney will be the nominee or there will be a brokered convention. the
romney did win virginia and florida. southern states, although florida is much different than the deep south, alabama and mississippi wins that santorum enjoyed. win in louisiana sort of completes an illustration of santorum's strength in the deep south, something romney can't claim. and it's obviously part of the geographical core of the republican party. so as romney puts together this argument of netability for him being the nominee, the fact he would be weak in a part of the country that is...
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how damaging is that to santorum to romney, to republicans? >> gregg, i think it was terribly damaging to rick santorum, i doubt it hurt romney that much because we're still talking about republican contest right now. that is an extraordinary tin ear one thing all republicans can agree on, clearly they are not comfortable with mitt romney. he has a hard time getting behind him. one thing all republicans agree on, they do not like barack obama and they want president obama to be a one-term president. so that was incredibly i thought off key remark to make, even to suggest it. he sort of suggesting it more and more and less oblique terms over the last couple of weeks. it happens this week, he was so blunt about it that he kind of got caught. of course, he ran it back as you mentioned. >> gregg: why would he say that? is it political immaturity? is it just at the last minute you are grabbing at straws here? what? >> i think it's some of that, but quite frankly i think he is trying to tap into the very deep dissatisfaction with mitt romney. indeed
how damaging is that to santorum to romney, to republicans? >> gregg, i think it was terribly damaging to rick santorum, i doubt it hurt romney that much because we're still talking about republican contest right now. that is an extraordinary tin ear one thing all republicans can agree on, clearly they are not comfortable with mitt romney. he has a hard time getting behind him. one thing all republicans agree on, they do not like barack obama and they want president obama to be a one-term...
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romney will pick up delegates. santorum argues he is an alternative to mitt romney. >> and i know we will see you in the bottom of the hour. you will open up your reporter's note book and see what is playing out. >> a wild week. >> it has been. looking ahead the gop candidates have primaries and then a break before the next contest play out on april 24th. more on the breaking news. former vice-president cheney. has had a heart transplant according to a statement from his office at this hour. we are getting this in our news room. the family of the former vice-president does not know the identity of the donor and will be forever grateful for the life saving gift. former president obama is thankful to the doctors and other medical professionals and i know fairfax and george university hospital. we are learning of the heart transplant surge row and our correspondant mike emanuel is on the story for us. little details continue to come in and apparently, the former president has been on the cardiac transplant list for th
romney will pick up delegates. santorum argues he is an alternative to mitt romney. >> and i know we will see you in the bottom of the hour. you will open up your reporter's note book and see what is playing out. >> a wild week. >> it has been. looking ahead the gop candidates have primaries and then a break before the next contest play out on april 24th. more on the breaking news. former vice-president cheney. has had a heart transplant according to a statement from his...
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so romney's sort of slow march towards the nomination is going to continue. this demonstrates that he's got some problems with a key part of the republican base. >> felicia, we know that rick santorum made the headlines in a statement this week. take a listen to the statement. >> you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little dicht than the person in there. if they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have rather than taking a risk on who may be the etch a sketch candidate for the future. >> he said he would never vote for president obama over any republican. what does this statement do to the gop? >> it was very classic rick santorum here. he's trying to make the case he's the most electable candidate in the case and the best choice for republicans to make a contrast with president obama in the fall. but in doing that, he really stepped in it and made the opposite point which is that he's someone who cannot be r
so romney's sort of slow march towards the nomination is going to continue. this demonstrates that he's got some problems with a key part of the republican base. >> felicia, we know that rick santorum made the headlines in a statement this week. take a listen to the statement. >> you win by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little dicht than the person in there. if they're...
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but-- >> this isn't romney. >> and romney ought to be saying my opponents are wavering around toys gingrich and santorum and president obama is standing in front of an empty pipeline trying to use a symbolism. and if you want to fix the economy i'm your guy and-- >> all of us have to come up with deadlines and columns and you could just tell that novac when he talks about chutes and ladders and all of that was looking for another thing to say. >> jon: up next on news watch, the tebow show comes to the nation's number one media market. what could possibly go wrong? >> big news in the big apple, quarterback tim tebow is headed to the mean, green jets, along with his public displays of his faith. is this a big win for the team? or the tabloids? that's next. on news watch. ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, >> jon: did you hear the news? tim tebow
but-- >> this isn't romney. >> and romney ought to be saying my opponents are wavering around toys gingrich and santorum and president obama is standing in front of an empty pipeline trying to use a symbolism. and if you want to fix the economy i'm your guy and-- >> all of us have to come up with deadlines and columns and you could just tell that novac when he talks about chutes and ladders and all of that was looking for another thing to say. >> jon: up next on news...
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that's where it's hurt romney. now the hard feelings were on the right where they were reluctant to vote. it was to get the right, he pulled himself so far out of the mainstream. vis-a-vis women and latinos. >> i want to pay a clip of mitt romney -- >> there's an etch-a-sketch line in there somewhere. we better let it go. >> let's listen to something that romney said on the campaign trail. >> you know, most people in this room don't give a lot of thought to something known as dodd-frank, this financial regulatory bill. i mean, you hear -- but you don't think it affects everybody -- y'all on a direct basis. i mean you all. i'm not trying to pretend i'm from louisiana. >> it was interesting to me. he clearly heard the criticism that he tries too hard to adapt to whatever crowd he's speaking to. >> well, i think it's because he's got not the greatest sense of humor in the world not withstanding what his wife ann says. i don't think he's a good enough actor to pull it off. my sense of those sorts of things, he knows he
that's where it's hurt romney. now the hard feelings were on the right where they were reluctant to vote. it was to get the right, he pulled himself so far out of the mainstream. vis-a-vis women and latinos. >> i want to pay a clip of mitt romney -- >> there's an etch-a-sketch line in there somewhere. we better let it go. >> let's listen to something that romney said on the campaign trail. >> you know, most people in this room don't give a lot of thought to something...
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bachmann was the not romney for awhile and herman cain and now newt is the not romney. i think it boils down to something that is not complicated at all. republican primary voters are conservative. they don't believe that romney is. they believe that he will stick a finger in the air and moisten it and see which way the winds are blowing and try to get in that direction. he believes in global warming and man is causing it. conservatives believe that is a hoax. conservatives know that the whole story of man made global warming is a hoax. and they are not going to get excited by a candidate who is trying to gain favor with nonrepublican primary voters by articulating. here is a big problem, greta, for the republicans. and i'm a a lone wolf on this. the rule of thumb in elections both parties, 40% are going vote democrat automatically whatever you do. 40% are going to vote republican automatic whatever you do and in the middle what do we have, precious god love them independents and the moderates and they are the targets. they are the focus of every election. and our brill
bachmann was the not romney for awhile and herman cain and now newt is the not romney. i think it boils down to something that is not complicated at all. republican primary voters are conservative. they don't believe that romney is. they believe that he will stick a finger in the air and moisten it and see which way the winds are blowing and try to get in that direction. he believes in global warming and man is causing it. conservatives believe that is a hoax. conservatives know that the whole...
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that's where it's hurt romney. now the hard feelings were on the right where they were reluctant to vote. it was to get the right, he pulled himself so far out of the mainstream. vis-a-vis women and latinos. >> i want to pay a clip of mitt romney -- >> there's an etch-a-sketch line in there somewhere. we better let it go. >> let's listen to something that romney said on the campaign trail. >> you know, most people in this room don't give a lot of thought to something known as dodd-frank, this financial regulatory bill. i mean, you hear -- but you don't think it affects everybody -- y'all on a direct basis. i mean you all. i'm not trying to pretend i'm from louisiana. >> it was interesting to me. he clearly heard the criticism that he tries too hard to adapt to whatever crowd he's speaking to. >> well, i think it's because he's got not the greatest sense of humor in the world not withstanding what his wife ann says. i don't think he's a good enough actor to pull it off. my sense of those sorts of things, he knows he
that's where it's hurt romney. now the hard feelings were on the right where they were reluctant to vote. it was to get the right, he pulled himself so far out of the mainstream. vis-a-vis women and latinos. >> i want to pay a clip of mitt romney -- >> there's an etch-a-sketch line in there somewhere. we better let it go. >> let's listen to something that romney said on the campaign trail. >> you know, most people in this room don't give a lot of thought to something...
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so when do you think mitt romney can get the 1144 delegates needed to secure the race. >> if mitt romney ends up winning all the delegates that are in stake at all of the different contests, he really won't cross that imagine gal number of 1144 delegates until may 29th. that's the texas primary. so essentially, two months from now. if you actually say that mitt romney is going to win a 60/40 split of all of the delegates, he won't cross that 1144 mark until june 26th. but if you think they're going to trade contests like we've seen them do over the past month and a half, there is, according to our math, that mitt romney isn't going to reach that 1144 mark. that's our challenge. he has the delegate lead. but when he actually wraps up that magical number, it won't be for quite a while. he might not even do it after the last primary on june 26th. >> it looks like newt gingrich was crunching the math just like you were. you heard him say mitt romney may not get to the convention. >> well, right. and so that's -- that's the challenge for newt gingrich. actually the challenge for rick santorum
so when do you think mitt romney can get the 1144 delegates needed to secure the race. >> if mitt romney ends up winning all the delegates that are in stake at all of the different contests, he really won't cross that imagine gal number of 1144 delegates until may 29th. that's the texas primary. so essentially, two months from now. if you actually say that mitt romney is going to win a 60/40 split of all of the delegates, he won't cross that 1144 mark until june 26th. but if you think...
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that is something that mitt romney will not take. he will take a second or third place showing and heel be far ahead in the delegate count. he has more than double the delegates santorum had and combine all of the three rivals. romney has more combined it is a big lead and he will likely do well. and more primary in dc and maryland and a possibility of a battle in wisconsin should santorum put up a battle. looking for santorum to win. and still a hard climb ahead of him and republicans are suggesting that it is time for santorum and newt gingrich to get out so the conseshative wing tea partiers can rally around romney and get down to running the campaign against obama. >> and the call for action in the trayvon martin. protestors. and thousands of demonstrators many wearing hoodies voicing outrage over his death. he was shot and killed by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who was saying he acted in self defense. the investigation continues and e-mail is key to determining if corzine misused customer funds working at msg
that is something that mitt romney will not take. he will take a second or third place showing and heel be far ahead in the delegate count. he has more than double the delegates santorum had and combine all of the three rivals. romney has more combined it is a big lead and he will likely do well. and more primary in dc and maryland and a possibility of a battle in wisconsin should santorum put up a battle. looking for santorum to win. and still a hard climb ahead of him and republicans are...
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ann romney provides that bridge for voters to her husband, mitt romney. >>> she softens him up. i know just seeing her, she talks about his love of peanut butter on the campaign trail. it's interesting. it's not just ann romney front and center for the candidates. >> karen santorum, the wife of rick, has proven to be a very good surrogate for rick santorum. he is somebody who speaks his mind, tends to say some things that at times get him in trouble. and in fact, sometimes karen santorum has to come in and clean up some of the problems that rick santorum has created for himself, in fact when rick santorum was talking about contraception in many ways, that really hurt him with women voters, and karen santorum this past week on piers morgan explained it. >> i think women have nothing to fear when it comes to contraception, he will do nothing on that issue. >> you have rick santorum's wife explaining her husband would not outlaw contraception and in fact really understands the problems and the duties that women in the household have to face but it's not just of course rick santorum
ann romney provides that bridge for voters to her husband, mitt romney. >>> she softens him up. i know just seeing her, she talks about his love of peanut butter on the campaign trail. it's interesting. it's not just ann romney front and center for the candidates. >> karen santorum, the wife of rick, has proven to be a very good surrogate for rick santorum. he is somebody who speaks his mind, tends to say some things that at times get him in trouble. and in fact, sometimes karen...
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he leads mitt romney by double digits in recent polls. romney attacked president obama's health care overhaul. newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email sent by a firm executive stating the money transfer was "per j.c.'s instructions" to cover an overdraft. last december, corzine testified before lawmakers that he did not know where any of the money went. on wall street, stocks eked out small gains today. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 34 points to close above 13,080 points. the nasdaq rose more than four points to close at 3,068. for the week, the dow lost more than 1%; the nasdaq rose four tenths of a percent. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woo
he leads mitt romney by double digits in recent polls. romney attacked president obama's health care overhaul. newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email...
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so has romney got any chance today? >> reporter: he's got a chachblts public opinion polls occasionally do get it wrong. here's the most recent polling from american research group. you can see right there, a double-digit lead for rick santorum in louisiana. this is the people who will likely vote in today's primary there. newt gingrich further back and ron paul in single digits. three other polls that came out in recent dates indicate the same thing. but, randi, in louisiana, a little more conservative. the two states santorum edged out romney and gingrich. yeah, romney's got a shot but even if santorum wins and wins big, does it matter? they're saying that after romney's big win in illinois, it's pretty much oevg but is it? clearly this is the delegate count. far, far ahead of newt gingrich and far, far ahead of especially rick santorum and ron pauchlt but, listen, he's only halfway to the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. santorum has been in the spotlight this week for a controversial comment he made
so has romney got any chance today? >> reporter: he's got a chachblts public opinion polls occasionally do get it wrong. here's the most recent polling from american research group. you can see right there, a double-digit lead for rick santorum in louisiana. this is the people who will likely vote in today's primary there. newt gingrich further back and ron paul in single digits. three other polls that came out in recent dates indicate the same thing. but, randi, in louisiana, a little...
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a guy that might help mitt romney win the south. but you don't just get to say what you're agenda is. people figure out what you agenda is by watching what you do in office. watching what bob mcdonnell does in office is watching a culture warrior at work. joining us now is mark seagraves. governor mcdonnell appears on the show "ask the governor" we have month. it's nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> when democrats first started pressing him to fund the ultrasound mandate, to set up a system by women will not be forced to pay for the privilege of this thing they may not want but the state is forcing them to have, his office is dismissive of the whole thing. now it's a real issue in the budget negotiations. how do you think this new front in the all straw sound fight is affecting the governor? >> he would rather talk about jobs and the economy than talk about social issues. he's got to deal with this. the general assembly is much closer to passing their budget than they were a week ago. now they have to deal wi
a guy that might help mitt romney win the south. but you don't just get to say what you're agenda is. people figure out what you agenda is by watching what you do in office. watching what bob mcdonnell does in office is watching a culture warrior at work. joining us now is mark seagraves. governor mcdonnell appears on the show "ask the governor" we have month. it's nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> when democrats first started pressing him to fund...
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romney. he's been traveling around the country. he's not shy at all talking about how delighted and honored he would be if asked to be the vice presidential nominee. we know that mitt romney versus barack obama is not a good outcome. what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob mcdonald bump. ready. go. aww. bob mcdonald has a tiny bump. a minibump. a one-point bump. he loses by seven points. even bob mcdonald is down. his approval rating has dropped. the pollsters looking for an explaination for governor mcdonnell's approval rating drop turns to two bills. the forced ultrasound bill and the bill repealing the one handgun a month aents gun running law. virginia voters preferred the old gun law. the one a month limit on handguns over the repeal signed. they also found that the state is not happy with the law that gave bob
romney. he's been traveling around the country. he's not shy at all talking about how delighted and honored he would be if asked to be the vice presidential nominee. we know that mitt romney versus barack obama is not a good outcome. what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob...